Jim Willoughby Notable

b. January 31, 1949 · San Francisco Giants 1971–1974, Boston Red Sox 1975–1977, Chicago White Sox 1978

Jim Willoughby played for three clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the San Francisco Giants in 1971 and closing with the Chicago White Sox in 1978.

He went 26 and 36 with a 3.79 earned run average, pitching 550.7 innings in 238 games. He struck out 250 and threw 1 shutout. Across 242 games he batted .149, with 10 hits and 6 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 2 doubles.

He was born in Salinas, CA, USA on January 31, 1949. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1971	SFG	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1972	SFG	11	27	1	5	0	0	0	2	8	.185
1973	SFG	41	28	3	4	1	1	3	2	11	.143
1974	SFG	20	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	.100
1975	BOS	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1976	BOS	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	BOS	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1978	CHW	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	242	67	6	10	2	1	3	4	24	.149

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1971	SFG	0	1	2	1	0	4.0	8	4	1	3	9.00
1972	SFG	6	4	11	11	0	87.2	72	23	14	40	2.36
1973	SFG	4	5	39	12	1	123.0	138	64	37	60	4.68
1974	SFG	1	4	18	4	0	40.2	51	21	9	12	4.65
1975	BOS	5	2	24	0	8	48.1	46	19	16	29	3.54
1976	BOS	3	12	54	0	10	99.0	94	31	31	37	2.82
1977	BOS	6	2	31	0	2	54.2	54	30	18	33	4.94
1978	CHW	1	6	59	0	13	93.1	95	40	19	36	3.86
Career	—	26	36	238	28	34	550.2	558	232	145	250	3.79

On this day & linked events

1949

Born January 31, 1949

Salinas, CA, USA

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